Fall 2018
In this Issue
![Florin Cîţu '96 prepares for a television interview.](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/20171025.Romanian.senator27%20WEB.jpg?itok=-D41ypjd)
![Tour of lending library during CRSSJ open house](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/20171030.CRSSJ_.openhouse037%20WEB.jpg?itok=TfLqIe0Q)
Helping low-income students overcome the challenge of textbook expenses.
![Students stand outside of campus building in 1879](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/grinnell-11782%20WEB.jpg?itok=YsJz06fl)
I never knew I was a member of something called the Grinnell College Alumni Association. I became a member after completing my first semester, as does everyone who completes 16 credits at Grinnell.
![Grant Faulkner ’87 writing with helmet on](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Grant_Faulkner_profile_helmet_coffee%20WEB.jpg?itok=uHDVC2dz)
Grant Faulkner ’87 says the best way to learn how to write a novel is to just sit down and write it.
![Athletic Hall of Fame 2018 winners](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20180831.athletic.HOF_.021%20WEB_0.jpg?itok=e6ZKY1wE)
Grinnell College celebrated the accomplishments of nine athletes who were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during the biennial ceremony Sept. 1, 2018.
![Vet working with dog](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/iStock-625510362%20WEB.jpg?itok=_LCMeXPi)
![Keith Archer](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20150619.Keith_.Archer975x455.jpg?itok=6js6Difj)
Born and raised in the Midwest, Keith Archer already feels comfortable in Grinnell. “It’s a really good fit,” he says.
![Empty campus during summer with big clouds](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20180627.campus.clouds005-3%20975x455.jpg?itok=cLSvEkGR)
The Grinnell College Board of Trustees recently elected five new members to four-year terms: G. Barry Huff ’73, Kimberly Kuncl ’87, Stephen G. Moyer ’79, Angela Onwuachi-Willig ’94, and Saumil Parikh ’99.
![General student life on campus in the fall](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20171102.studentlife.campus071%20975x455.jpg?itok=w5EnAQe0)